Hello Readers, my name is Wendy. I am a happily married mother of two young ladies. Together with my husband we are living an abundant life through growing some of our own vegetables and fruit, cooking and baking everything from scratch and being mindful of what we use and buy.
God has blessed us abundantly. We try to be good stewards of those blessings.

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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Fancy Face Washers

Fancy face washers make lovely presents for females of any age. My Grandma gave me face washers and hand towels with crocheted edges for birthday presents when I was little. They were beautiful and I loved them. It was twenty years before I was able to unpack them for use in my own home. Every time I used them I thought of my Grandma.

I can't crochet ( yet ) so here's my version of a fancy face washer. All you need is-

* Scraps of material about 10 cm wide x the length of the face washer or hand towel.

* New face washers or hand towels.

* Sewing machine or neeedle and thread

* Iron

Cut the material strip to the desired width and length allowing an extra centimetre for a seam around all the edges.

Fold and iron the one centimetre allowance back onto the wrong side of the material.

Sew the material onto the right side of the face washer. Quite often face washers have a strip of detail woven across. I cover this with the material.

Trim all cottons and there you have it, a lovely present that cost $1 - $2. My girls have requested one in their Christmas stocking.

24 comments:

Hi Wendy, these are lovely. I'm going to try and have a go at making these for presents for Christmas. Good luck today with ACA interview, can't wait to see the new story tonight. Hang in there with your reno's as it will be all worth it. Xxx Maureen

They look very pretty, Wendy. Very frugal too. I am hoping to improve my crochet skills next year and have a few YouTube tutorials lined up to watch. Clare from https://m.youtube.com/user/bobwilson123 has some great tutorials and she uses wool we can buy here in Australia which helps with sorting out what ply to use.

Those face washers look really pretty Wendy. I have never thought to do that, probably because I know how to crochet so that would have been my first choice. I also sew, and have plenty of fabric so I might make one of these for my care sister in church, as it is such a nice idea for a gift.

Hi Kaylee. I'm sorry but I don't have another link for the ACA story. Try emailing or facebooking ACA to let them know the sound isn't working. It also looks like the story is shorter on their site than what went to air on tv last night.

I generally post twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. On the odd occasion when I have time I post on a Thursday.

Hi wendyGot lucky this week and found an easiyo on special for half price $10.99 @ Woolworths, but I don't want to but the packets all the time as that gets too expensive. Can you please tell me how you make yours and do you add flavouring or sweetner etc.You were great on aca, every bit helps. My parents have been getting discounts for years by saying " we are pensioners, can you give us a better price?" Sometimes up to 10%Kathleen

Hi Wendy, Great story again on ACA last night. Today DS1 wanted to buy a suit for his school formal and had seen your story last night so off he went, looked around and told me when he got home, he asked for a discount and keep bargaining the sales man down and got $100.00 off, bargain!!!! The salesmen said the rush was over on people buying their formal suits so he wanted to get rid of the stock, lucky for him, so thanks Wendy, your advice is even extending to DS. p.s DS2 (12yrs) said whilst watching story last night, "I need to have Wendy with me when I buy my Lego at the Christmas sales", Heee, Heee, Thanks Wendy, xxx Maureen

Dear Wendy, I found you from Annabel. I love this idea! I'm not a seamstress but I can do this and I'm going to start thinking about the fabric for my girls. Thank you for sharing they are darling! I would have loved to receive these for myself as I girl, I'd love them even more now.